Future astronauts will have more than 4 limbs.

Imagine the scene, Apollo-era astronauts joyfully jumping on the surface of the moon, it happened, and it's hilarious to watch them fall and struggle to get up in those bulky spacesuits, but now that humanity plans to return to the moon in September 2026 , MIT researchers say they are willing to put an end to this comedy in future lunar missions.

Harry Asada, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, says that astronauts are physically very capable, but they may have difficulties on the moon where gravity is one-sixth that of Earth, but inertia remains the same. With this in mind they are working to provide a safe way for astronauts to get up if they fall, one of the solutions they came up with was a pair of wearable robotic SuperLimbs that extend from the bottom of the spacesuit backpack ready for Help astronauts get up with minimal effort.

This idea arose 10 years ago when Harry Asada and his team developed SuperLimbs to help in shipbuilding and aeronautics. The researchers began by studying how humans try to stand up when wearing restrictive clothing. They dressed volunteers in bulky clothing and observed how They rose from the ground. They analyzed the movements and identified a common, predictable sequence that most people followed, developed a controller and programmed a robotic arm to assist in this process. Now the team is incorporating this technology into the latest version of the SuperLimbs, which will feature two multi-joint arms. We have to hang ourselves on the space suit where the control systems and the astronaut's breathing apparatus will also be. NASA is closely monitoring this technology because it can improve productivity during lunar work, stabilize the user's body, predict and avoid falls, and reduce astronauts' metabolic effort, saving oxygen and prolonging time outside pressurized scientific vehicles.